² look to Abraham,^(A) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.^(B)
3 The Lord will surely comfort^(C) Zion^(D)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;^(E)
he will make her deserts like Eden,^(F)
    her wastelands^(G) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness^(H) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving^(I) and the sound of singing.